Notebook P17SM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 32% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 59% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Notebook P17SM (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P17SM
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130409
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 13:07
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%
CPU Throttled	59%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Memory 54.1 1-Core 35 2-Core 72.5 34% 53.9 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 178 18% 147 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Clevo(1558 7104) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.43% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 2.38 1% 4.14 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.41 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.43% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 12GB free Firmware: 000F Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 391 Write 212 Mixed 222 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 12 59% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 23.4 44% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 74%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 48 48 67 38 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 51.1 Write 47.6 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 55 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73CB0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.4% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 15.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.6 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 146 27% 146 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical P17SM Builds (Compare 85 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Notebook P17SM

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	47x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	12x
Core i7-4900MQIntel $110Bench 68%, 5,651 samples	6x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	53x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	10x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	8x

SSD
PM810 mSATA 128GBSamsungBench 34%, 361 samples	6x
Z400s 128GBSanDisk $109Bench 61%, 10,807 samples	5x
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	4x

RAM
CT51264BF160B.C16F 2x4GBCrucialBench 38%, 4,853 samples	4x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 433 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 56%, 361 samples	3x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $209

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16